| 6:07am | Should anime be converted to manga? Or are they doomed to failure? | | | | In my last review, Infinite Ryvius, I criticised it due to it being a failure compared to the anime. Digitalboy left the following comment: Of course – there is pretty much no such thing as a manga that’s based on an anime that’s any good unless it’s an alternate universe retelling. PERIOD.... | | |
| 1:55am | NEEDLESS episode 5 ~ Here’s the ass kicking we were promised. | | | | Seriously, don’t mess with this girl I think I still need some time for this episode to sink into my system Having just watched the episode twice over I am still in a state of dazzled shock but I can tell you one thing, and that this was probably the “highest” I’ve felt... | | |
| 3:59pm | Day 7 in Japan: Windows made me Late for Class, Cute Loli etc | | | | I woke up today at 9.30 am. My classes start at 9 am. I blame Windows for this because I use my laptop set at full volume as an alarm clock, and it normally works well but sometimes they like to do Windows updates by themselves, and then proceed to reboot. This was what happened and my alarm got turned... | | |
| 8:50pm | Umineko no Naku Koro ni, Episode 1-5: Fool’s mate | | | | The Eighth twilight is now over. So many died, yet the culprit is nowhere to be seen. Battler and everyone else can only helplessly wait for the resurrection of Beatrice. Will the journey to the Golden Land end as promised in the epitaph? ______________________________ ______________________________... | | |
| 2:39pm | Sora no Manimani Episode 02 – Red Dwarfs and Other Celestial Objects |  | | | (Posts are coming in kind of rapid succession, but once I’m caught up to the current episode I promise to stop monopolizing the front page. Ep 03 post sometime late today or tomorrow.) We find the members of the Astronomy Club in despair as their prospects of finding the fifth member necessary... | | |
| 12:39pm | Fanservice, Redux | | | | (INSERT MANNOSUKE HERE)And this is why looking at entries older than the Internet is bad for you. This is not helped by the fact I’m, erm, playing Katawa Shoujo, approve of Strike Witches, and wonder if a good part of my youth was spent watching animated T&A, along with animated BLOOD AND... | | |
| 3:27am | [Manga] – Gantz – Vol. 21-25 |  | | | Roughly two years have passed since I read this manga and oh my is it just as nasty and gory as I had left it back in 2007. First thing first, when you leave a long ass manga series like this alone for two years, you tend to forget things, namely the entire plot and characters, but amazingly enough... | | |
| 10:57pm | Umineko no Naku Koro ni, Episode 1-4: Analysis, Thoughts and Random Comments | | | | [Disclaimer]: This entry might contain MINOR spoilers. However, while the analysis might push you to these minor spoilers, NO foretelling spoiler is present. Therefore, please follow the same guideline, and understand that any spoiler can just ruin this critical part of the story for any reader. ... | | |
| 3:46pm | Day 5 in Japan: Shibuya is Awesome Heaven on Earth. | | | | Shibuya is a nice place. The key to enjoying Japan is actually to get one of those powerful accessories to equip - one that increases your power levels. How do we get such a thing? Simple, just bring your own white boy! See, the Japanese are really in love with/in awe of caucasians, especially the... | | |
| 4:32pm | Manga Review: The Battle of Genryu: Origin |  | | | I’ve been pretty hit-or-miss when it comes to releases from CMX Manga. In general, I’ve found their shojo releases to be very enjoyable and quite entertaining. Their Densha Otoko release was the best manga adaptation I read of that series, and their Emma series is one of the best manga releases... | | |
| 6:33am | Canaan 04 |  | | | Summary: We get a flashback of Sham finding a young girl in a ravaged village 2 years ago, and in that time he named her Canaan and taught her all kinds of firearms skills. He also taught her to hum and pretend to smoke with sugar sticks. Unfortunately, one day Alphard showed up (saying her name... | | |
| 9:48am | A Yuri storyline Classification System – Part 3 | | | | 1. Chase/Getting togetherC. Relationships triggered by a man’s actions Surely the biggest cliche of the yuri or lesbian genre is the age-old porn mantra “I never thought it could feel so good…with a woman”. Or, in other words – a woman, having had sex with men all her life is happy with... | | |
| 9:16pm | Strange Dawn Review - 95/100 | | | | There are some anime out there awesome and then there are the series that go one step beyond. These are the series that just somehow go against all boundaries and expectations I could have had for it, and have something nearly impossible to describe. When I take a look at the series that I managed... | | |
| 10:15pm | Bloody Kiss Vol 1 by Kazuko Furumiya Manga Review | | | | Title: Bloody Kiss Vol 1 Author: Kazuko Furumiya Publisher: Tokyopop ISBN: 9781427815798 May Contain Spoilers After Kiyo’s grandmother passes away, she inherits a house in the middle of nowhere. She’s dismayed to learn that it’s falling apart, and even more alarmed to learn that... | | |
| 12:40am | Umineko no Naku Koro ni, Episode 1-4: Blunder | | | | Another tragedy occured. The remaining survivors have barely the time to realize what’s going that another incident strikes them mercilessly. Forced to keep a defensive stance, Battler and the rest are sheltering themselves, but an unexpected event will plant the seed of discord among their group.... | | |
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